Not going to do it…and you can’t make me
Posted on September 10, 2008
Everybody I know is writing about politics. I have been batting around my own post, working and reworking it in my mind. But, when it comes right down to it, I just don’t DO political banter. I learned YEARS ago that there were two major topics of conversation that are a waste of energy to discuss: religion and politics. You are either preaching to the converted (pardon the pun), or its an exercise in futility because it is extremely rare for people to change their minds about either subject. Instead, all you get is a scream fest that usually degenerates into, “You suck!” “No, you suck!” and then somebody will accuse someone else of being a Nazi. Its an utter waste of time.
I do have strong opinions when it comes to my political beliefs. And I do feel like I am well informed. But, I don’t feel like I need to share those beliefs with the blogosphere just so I can appear more intelligent than I am (I have no delusions of grandeur here!)
However, if you feel like you are undecided and you feel like you aren’t informed, or you just feel like you need more information, Miss Britt did a nice overview of the issues on her site. So, I am just going to shamelessly link to her instead of writing it on my own. Hey, I am lazy like that.
I’m not sure it’s fair to simultaneously say you aren’t going to post on a topic /and/ invoke Godwin’s Law.
I’m incapable of keeping my trap shut. I rant, then take some of them down a week or two later. I claim the “But I was a polisci/econ major and I work in a law office” defense. And hey, it placates me. AND it pisses some people off. If I can invoke so much anger, I must be pretty powerful. Like a demigod.